Taylor Vistiing Standford

Today Cecile and I took Taylor to the Stanford campus and we visited the bookstore, the shopping center, and we ate at a great bar and grill called "The Creamery". The girls got several things while shopping: Makeup, shoes, and cooking stuff. Spoke with Derek on the phone this afternoon and he had a camp out this weekend and it did rain so they got pretty wet. Derek has a facebook page now and loves to play the game, "Farm Town"...he can chat with us online and can even help us harvest our crops. He likes it when we send him gifts like trees and animals in the Farm Town game.

Kristian is still trying to figure out why his car is running hot...down to the radiator fans not coming on when the car is idling or something in the radiator itself. Sure hope he figures it out quickly since he is leaving for college in just a week or so.

Hurley at my Office

Hurley decided to stop by my office on Friday and I was happy for him to be in charge. I would let him make a lot of decisions for me today if I think it would work :) Looks like we will have a hot weekend by California standards this weekend. We have some quests in our apartment this weekend...Lacey (the cute white dog in the picture of Taylor) and Pasha (a huge yellow Lab)...we will be babysitting them all weekend for their human family members.

Hangin with Friends

We got up early and went to the gym and worked out for a bit. Felt good to be back in the gym after all this time, however, I realized just how out of shape I really am now. I need to get it back together for sure.

Tonight we marinaded some steaks, baked some potatoes, and went over to Sandie and Gary's place and had a wonderful dinner, drinks, and conversation. Good friends indeed.

TGIF!!! Livin for the Weekend

Had a rough week at work...lots of meetings and changes to existing plans...frustrating for sure. Came home and glad it is the weekend!!! Went to the park and snapped a pic of Taylor with Hurley and his friend Lacey. Got a workout in this afternoon and will take Cecile and Taylor somewhere to eat later.

In only a few weeks Taylor will be moving back into the dorms at Baylor starting her Sophomore year and Kristian will be starting his Freshman year at North Texas...Damn I am old. I am looking to relax and recharge my mental and physical batteries for sure!!!

My Boys are Back In Austin

Well, I had Derek with me for 6 weeks and Kristian for several weeks as well this summer in San Jose. On our last weekend we just hung out at the pool, cooked ribs, and it was really fun. We did have a few issues with Derek's behavior over the course of the summer and what he really needs to do is understand that he does have some issues but to not use them as a crutch to not take challenges head on. Cecile did a great job of taking care of Derek and did try and keep him entertained. Hurley helped too!!!

Kristian is doing good and worked over the summer to save some money for college in August. OMG, he has grown up very fast and it good to see that he has gotten back on track after expressing himself in his mid-teens if you know what I mean.